Jeremy Clarkson jumps into bed with a naked chef

Persona non grata in Argentina, Jeremy Clarkson was forced earlier this year to apologise after tweeting a ‘homophobic’ picture of himself asleep next to a sign reading ‘gay c***’.

Perhaps he is trying to make amends as he posted a photograph of himself yesterday in bed with chef Heston Blumenthal

The duo posed for the snap — in which they appear to be naked, while Blumenthal’s glasses are askew — in aid of Unicef’s ‘wake-up call’ social media campaign, in which participants publish pictures of themselves first thing in the morning.

Not what you want to see first thing: Jeremy Clarkson posed for a #wakeupcall selfie with chef Heston Blumenthal in support of Unicef

In May, the 54-year-old Top Gear host was given a ‘final warning’ by the BBC after footage was leaked in which Clarkson appeared to say the ‘n-word’.

He claims the BBC threatened to sack him if he made ‘one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time’.

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The title of broadcaster Clare Balding’s latest book, Walking Home, has a familiar ring to it. Just two years ago, poet Simon Armitage CBE published a volume with the same name.

To make matters more confusing, both books are about walking around Britain. Any easy way to distinguish them?

Only one author relied on donations from the public along the road to complete the walk — and it wasn’t Balding.

Jade Jagger, the granny in leopard print

As fiesty as ever: New mother (and grandmother) Jade Jagger is back on form

Jewellery designer Jade Jagger shows no signs of slowing down mere months after becoming a grandmother.

Jagger, 42, who welcomed her third child, Ray, in June, popped into a Mayfair event yesterday and was happy to show off her curves in a leopard print dress.

It was a busy summer for Jade, who also welcomed her first grandchild in May after oldest child, 21-year-old Assisi, gave birth to daughter Ezra.

Despite her new role, Jade has made it clear she won’t be reaching for the granny cardigans and knitting needles just yet.

‘Now that I’ve just had a baby, I’m reacclimatising myself with my wardrobe and deciding who I am again,’ she says.

‘I always feel like you have to reinvent yourself after each child.’

Richard Curtis cites Woody Allen as a key influence for his romcoms such as Notting Hill.

His enthusiasm is not shared by his daughter, Scarlett, 19, a student at NYU in Manhattan.

In a blistering attack on Allen in the student newspaper, Washington Square News, she writes: ‘I believe Allen is most likely a horrible and disgusting human being, but that should not, and does not, affect the way I feel about his work.’

Though she adds: ‘I have no particular desire to see his most recent film, Magic In The Moonlight ...

'I am not a Woody Allen fan. I don’t want to meet him. I don’t want a picture with him.’